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1805: A family of tornadoes tracked from southeast Missouri across southern Illinois, and may have moved into Indiana. The family crossed the Mississippi River about 20 miles south of St. Louis. Fish were "scattered all over the prairie" on the Illinois side of the river. Some pine tree tops, not native to that area of Illinois, were believed to have been blown in from at least 50 miles away. The damage path was 3/4 of a mile wide.

1905: An estimated F5 tornado moved through Tuscola and Sanilac counties in the thumb of Michigan. The tornado moved from Colling to McGregor. The worst of the damage was near Shabbona where at least three farms were destroyed. Five deaths and 40 injuries resulted from the tornado.

1908: An tornado moved due north near Carleton, NE, inflicting F5 damage on area farms. Five members of the Shively family were killed as their farm vanished.

1916: A tornado struck the town of Warren, AR killing 83 persons. There were 125 deaths that day in a tornado outbreak across Missouri and Arkansas.

2001: Though Tropical Storm Allison barely reached tropical storm status, the very slow movement of the storm along the Texas coast resulted in incredible amounts of rain. Over 40 inches of rain fell near Houston, and two feet of rain drenched southern Louisiana. It was the U.S.'s costliest tropical storm to date.